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Top papers by Abstract Accesses last month (2025-11)

Paper	Accesses
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	43
COLONIAL ORIGINS OF THE THREEFOLD REALITY OF MOCAMBIQUE: FISCAL CAPACITY AND LABOUR SYSTEMS Kleoniki Alexopoulou, Dacil Juif	38
Tracing the uneven diffusion of missionary education in colonial Uganda: European influences, African realities, and the pitfalls of church record data Michiel de Haas, Ewout Frankema	38
Income inequality under Colonial Rule: Evidence from French Algeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Vietnam and comparisons with British colonies 1920-1960 Facundo Alvaredo, Denis Cogneau, Thomas Piketty	37
Colonialism and development in Africa Leander Heldring, James A. Robinson	37
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	36
Raising Capital to Raise Crops: Slave Emancipation and Agricultural Output in the Cape Colony Igor Martins	35
The development of settler agriculture in British Africa revisisted: Estimating the role of tenant labour in Southern Rhodesia, c. 1900-1960 Erik Green	34
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Evolution of Political Authority in West Africa Warren C. Whatley	33
An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade: The Effects of an Import Ban on Cape Colony Slaveholders Igor Martins	32

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Top papers by Downloads last month (2025-11)

Paper	Downloads
Serving God and Mammon: The ‘Minerals-Railway Complex’ and its effects on colonial public finances in the British Cape Colony, 1810-1910 Abel Gwaindepi	5
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	4
African Socialism; or the Search for an Indigenous Model of Economic Development Emmanuel Akyeampong	2
Tax Stabilisation, Trade and Political Transitions in Francophone West Africa over 120 Years Jens Andersson	2
Economic Inequality in Ghana, 1891-1960 Prince Young Aboagye, Jutta Bolt	1
The Great Divergence in South Africa: Population and Wealth Dynamics Over Two Centuries Dieter von Fintel, Johan Fourie	1
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	1
The Blessings of Medicine? Patient Characteristics and Health Outcomes in a Ugandan Mission Hospital, 1908-1970 Shane Doyle, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf	1
An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade: The Effects of an Import Ban on Cape Colony Slaveholders Igor Martins	1
MINING, PATERNALISM AND THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION IN THE CONGO SINCE 1920 Dácil Juif	1

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Top papers by Abstract Accesses last 3 months (2025-09 to 2025-11)

Paper	Accesses
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	112
Tracing the uneven diffusion of missionary education in colonial Uganda: European influences, African realities, and the pitfalls of church record data Michiel de Haas, Ewout Frankema	107
Colonialism and development in Africa Leander Heldring, James A. Robinson	105
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	104
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Evolution of Political Authority in West Africa Warren C. Whatley	104
The development of settler agriculture in British Africa revisisted: Estimating the role of tenant labour in Southern Rhodesia, c. 1900-1960 Erik Green	102
African Socialism; or the Search for an Indigenous Model of Economic Development Emmanuel Akyeampong	101
Raising Capital to Raise Crops: Slave Emancipation and Agricultural Output in the Cape Colony Igor Martins	97
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	94
COLONIAL ORIGINS OF THE THREEFOLD REALITY OF MOCAMBIQUE: FISCAL CAPACITY AND LABOUR SYSTEMS Kleoniki Alexopoulou, Dacil Juif	93
An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade: The Effects of an Import Ban on Cape Colony Slaveholders Igor Martins	93

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Top papers by Downloads last 3 months (2025-09 to 2025-11)

Paper	Downloads
An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade: The Effects of an Import Ban on Cape Colony Slaveholders Igor Martins	12
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	10
Serving God and Mammon: The ‘Minerals-Railway Complex’ and its effects on colonial public finances in the British Cape Colony, 1810-1910 Abel Gwaindepi	10
The Great Divergence in South Africa: Population and Wealth Dynamics Over Two Centuries Dieter von Fintel, Johan Fourie	8
The Blessings of Medicine? Patient Characteristics and Health Outcomes in a Ugandan Mission Hospital, 1908-1970 Shane Doyle, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf	7
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	6
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	6
Tax Stabilisation, Trade and Political Transitions in Francophone West Africa over 120 Years Jens Andersson	6
Economic Inequality in Ghana, 1891-1960 Prince Young Aboagye, Jutta Bolt	4
African Socialism; or the Search for an Indigenous Model of Economic Development Emmanuel Akyeampong	4
Tax Compliance under Indirect Rule in British Africa Jutta Bolt, Leigh Gardner	4
Was Slavery a Flexible Form of Labour? Division of Labour and Location Specific Skills on the Eastern Cape Frontier Calumet Links, Erik Green, Johan Fourie	4
MINING, PATERNALISM AND THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION IN THE CONGO SINCE 1920 Dácil Juif	4

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Top papers by Abstract Accesses all months (from 2013-04)

Paper	Accesses
Borders that Divide: Education and Religion in Ghana and Togo since Colonial Times Denis Cogneau, Alexander Moradi	559
Colonialism and development in Africa Leander Heldring, James A. Robinson	547
African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa Morten Jerven	508
THE LAND-LABOUR HYPOTHESIS REVISED: WEALTH, LABOUR AND HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION AT THE SOUTH AFRICAN FRONTIER Jeanne Cilliers, Erik Green	499
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Evolution of Political Authority in West Africa Warren C. Whatley	483
Historical patterns of economic growth in Africa: A review Morten Jerven	476
The economics of slavery in 18th century Cape Colony: Revising the Nieboer-Domar hypothesis Erik Green	468
Slavery, Statehood and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Dirk Bezemer, Jutta Bolt, Robert Lenzink	461
Tracing the uneven diffusion of missionary education in colonial Uganda: European influences, African realities, and the pitfalls of church record data Michiel de Haas, Ewout Frankema	460
Patronage or Meritocracy? Public Sector employment in postcolonial Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Rebecca Simson	454

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Top papers by Downloads all months (from 2013-04)

Paper	Downloads
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	48
The Great Divergence in South Africa: Population and Wealth Dynamics Over Two Centuries Dieter von Fintel, Johan Fourie	45
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	38
An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade: The Effects of an Import Ban on Cape Colony Slaveholders Igor Martins	37
Was Slavery a Flexible Form of Labour? Division of Labour and Location Specific Skills on the Eastern Cape Frontier Calumet Links, Erik Green, Johan Fourie	34
Serving God and Mammon: The ‘Minerals-Railway Complex’ and its effects on colonial public finances in the British Cape Colony, 1810-1910 Abel Gwaindepi	34
Tax Stabilisation, Trade and Political Transitions in Francophone West Africa over 120 Years Jens Andersson	33
MINING, PATERNALISM AND THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION IN THE CONGO SINCE 1920 Dácil Juif	32
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	20
Tax Compliance under Indirect Rule in British Africa Jutta Bolt, Leigh Gardner	17

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